An average game in which we never really got out of 2nd gear. I felt a West Ham side at full flow should have brushed Charlton aside and possibly put 3 or 4 past them, but we had to settle for a 0-0, and tbh no other result really looked possible

Hislop 5 - Not much to do, but what he did do worried me. Always looks suspect dealing with crosses despite his size, and mix up with Gabbs was largely his fault.

Ferdinand 6 - Had a good effort at near post just wide, and played quite well, but was clearly out of position, and kept wandering across into a CB position sub-conciously

Gabbidon 8 - Looked solid, never ****ing around with the ball, and remained composed when Hislop failed to come for a through ball

Collins 8 - Continues to shine, and enough to keep Anton out of the side. Amazing to think it was him who came in for Gabbs over christmas

Konchesky 7 - Good game from him in front of the booing Charlton fans, looked fairly solid at the back, and some good crosses.

Benayoun 7 - Not quite at his best, but looked like he could open the game up at times, and did well to hit a good shot on the turn which miht have rolled in on another day.

Mullins 9 - Another solid display from the man who always seems to go unnoticed. Tackled well, and played the easy ball.

NRC 6 - Some good tackles, disappointed in his shot in the first half which fell on his weaker left. Seems to be having a dip in form which hopefully wont continue.

Etherington 8 - Young seemed to nullify him for a little while but he did well to get back into it, doing what he does best - putting in some good crosses and earning corners.

Harewood 8 - Worked hard and didnt seem to fall over as much as usual, would have done better but for Chris Perry

Ashton 6 - Some good touches but never seemed in the game 100%. Might have faired better in the 2nd

Subs.

Teddy 7 - Usual instinctiveness in the box, and layed the ball off well

Zamora 7 - Great header which should have gone in, chased down balls and pressured, deserved longer IMO

WestHam4Life wrote:we need a goal..................oh thats a great idea lets take off ashton and marlon the two people who can score and replace them with katan and teddy 'just coz its his birthday' Sheringham.

Please, marlon was the only one who looked lively today and zamora when he came on.

Ashton did nothing though, had a half chance. Sheringham and Zamora did more than him when they came on, even Zamora, who had only been on the pitch for a lot shorter period than Ashton.

WestHam4Life wrote:we need a goal..................oh thats a great idea lets take off ashton and marlon the two people who can score and replace them with katan and teddy 'just coz its his birthday' Sheringham.

Please, marlon was the only one who looked lively today and zamora when he came on.

Ashton did nothing though, had a half chance. Sheringham and Zamora did more than him when they came on, even Zamora, who had only been on the pitch for a lot shorter period than Ashton.

i no ashton didnt do much and i was glad to see him go off.........for zamora. But the fact he brought on sheringham did nothing to lift my confidence. Im convinced if bobby was on from half time we would have won that game.

i dont think Curbs point is relevant at all. If clubs dont know how to stop a newly promoted club by April then they never will. In the old days without videos and TV coverage of every game then yes, but not in this day and age.

They were slightly lucky to get a point, they offered very little in attack, Shaka had 1 save to make.

carnage wrote:i dont think Curbs point is relevant at all. If clubs dont know how to stop a newly promoted club by April then they never will. In the old days without videos and TV coverage of every game then yes, but not in this day and age.

They were slightly lucky to get a point, they offered very little in attack, Shaka had 1 save to make.

I am sure thats what i said!! He did know how to stop us and your right they didnt attack much i think he came for a point and left with one.

WestHam4Life wrote:we need a goal..................oh thats a great idea lets take off ashton and marlon the two people who can score and replace them with katan and teddy 'just coz its his birthday' Sheringham.Please, marlon was the only one who looked lively today and zamora when he came on.

Ashton did nothing though, had a half chance. Sheringham and Zamora did more than him when they came on, even Zamora, who had only been on the pitch for a lot shorter period than Ashton.

i know ashton didnt do much and i was glad to see him go off.........for zamora. But the fact he brought on sheringham did nothing to lift my confidence. Im convinced if bobby was on from half time we would have won that game.

Although ashton didnt do much i would rather him on there than teddy.

Agreed, I think there is a lot of hype about Teddy because of his age but I much prefer to see Bobby come on. Teddy seemed to give the ball away with some errant passes.

WestHam4Life wrote:we need a goal..................oh thats a great idea lets take off ashton and marlon the two people who can score and replace them with katan and teddy 'just coz its his birthday' Sheringham.

Please, marlon was the only one who looked lively today and zamora when he came on.

Ashton did nothing though, had a half chance. Sheringham and Zamora did more than him when they came on, even Zamora, who had only been on the pitch for a lot shorter period than Ashton.

i know ashton didnt do much and i was glad to see him go off.........for zamora. But the fact he brought on sheringham did nothing to lift my confidence. Im convinced if bobby was on from half time we would have won that game.

Although ashton didnt do much i would rather him on there than teddy.

Agreed, I think there is a lot of hype about Teddy because of his age but I much prefer to see Bobby come on.

WestHam4Life wrote:we need a goal..................oh thats a great idea lets take off ashton and marlon the two people who can score and replace them with katan and teddy 'just coz its his birthday' Sheringham.

Please, marlon was the only one who looked lively today and zamora when he came on.

Ashton did nothing though, had a half chance. Sheringham and Zamora did more than him when they came on, even Zamora, who had only been on the pitch for a lot shorter period than Ashton.

i know ashton didnt do much and i was glad to see him go off.........for zamora. But the fact he brought on sheringham did nothing to lift my confidence. Im convinced if bobby was on from half time we would have won that game.

Although ashton didnt do much i would rather him on there than teddy.

Agreed, I think there is a lot of hype about Teddy because of his age but I much prefer to see Bobby come on.

carnage wrote:i dont think Curbs point is relevant at all. If clubs dont know how to stop a newly promoted club by April then they never will. In the old days without videos and TV coverage of every game then yes, but not in this day and age.

They were slightly lucky to get a point, they offered very little in attack, Shaka had 1 save to make.

I am sure thats what i said!! He did know how to stop us and your right they didnt attack much i think he came for a point and left with one.

In Teddy's defence there was one or two bits of good link-up play from him. However, the whole game screamed average performance. Average crowd, average refereeing, average commitment on the field, just, er, average... and the drab nil-all after I predicted a goalfest came true.

Feels like two points thrown away, but comforted by the fact we managed one.

carnage wrote:i dont think Curbs point is relevant at all. If clubs dont know how to stop a newly promoted club by April then they never will. In the old days without videos and TV coverage of every game then yes, but not in this day and age.

They were slightly lucky to get a point, they offered very little in attack, Shaka had 1 save to make.

I am sure thats what i said!! He did know how to stop us and your right they didnt attack much i think he came for a point and left with one.

Deano is a better finisher than Marlon
but it's weird to see Deano did more link up job between the front and the midfield instead of Marlon
I think we should let someone give him the ball instead of he giving the ball to someone else
and he cannot hold up the ball for long